THE Pukekohe and Waiuku Times PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1913. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 2, Issue 103, 20 June 1913, Page 2

THE Pukekohe and Waiuku Times PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1913.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

"We nothing extenuate, nor. 9 ml down auaht in malice."

FIRST PAGE. Increase! rate of interest on Government money; strong criticism by Puk:kona hast Road Board. Football; the Rugby game. FOURTH PAGE. Pigeon Shooting; last Saturday's competitions auii the coming big carnival. Runciman; letters about the proposal to shift the railway station.

The Borough Councillors were in a talkative mood on Wednesday t.ight, tha meeting lasting from 7 to 11 f.m. There were lengthy riscursions en many subjects cf interest to ratepayers, and detailed reports) of these v;ill appear in due course.

L)r Hall i 3 still acting as Dr Bron e's locum tenets in this district. D; Bronte's man 7 frisnda will be pleased to ham that he is recovering from the bad effects of his accident. It is expected that he will be able to resume his practice in about three weeks' time. Ia cr.e or two instances the names of the assessors at the last sitting oE the Assessment Court in Pukekuhc were wrongly piven in our report. The several assessors ffcre:—Mairgatavvhiri Road Disttict, Mr W. K. Cornthwaite; Opaheke, Mr W. Sharp; Pokeno, Mt McPheison; Hunua iidirg, Mr J. T. Stembridge; Mercer, Mr Hun'er; Baparut3, Mr Wootten. Ihe annual meeting of St, Andrew's Ladies' Guild was held in the Oddfellows' Ilall on Thursday afternoon. 'ihtie was a big must.r, and the meeting was bright, During the year the ladies have done splendid w.rk, ar.d by tin. ir efforts succeeded in pa}i:g £IOO off the vicarage d.bf. The following officers were thctcdPre?ider.t, Mrs Dobson; vice - president 1 , Mesdames Moli.n, J. Resell and Willcocka; secretary, Miss DJI; treasurer, Mrs Barker. Members begin their new year full cf enthusiasm.

At the Borough C'cunci' meeting on Wednesday it was mentioned ihat a rumour was abiut that the Railway Department contemjrtated closing up !he private road coming from the yard into Manukau road opposite the Loan and Mercantile Company's sale yards, Pollock tated t!?at the engineecr had tc Id him it would le do e! t mporarily to put it in good order, but there was r.o intention to shut it up permanently. Councillors expressed thvir satisfaction at this, as it was considered its closing would have proved a serious inconveniiij-e.

As will be seen from an advertisement, Mr B. Andrew is convening a meeting of all those in favour cf holding a sacred concert, i:i aid cf the Cemetery Funds. Thi meeting it to take placj in the library on Saturday evening, at 8 o'clock. Thc:o is really a need for improving the c.rr.etery, a::d the idea of rtiaing funds by means of a sacred concert strikes us a3 b.ing iirgularly appropriate. It h ho|i:d that t.icre will lie a mccti .ih there are manv who have sad and affectionate